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Displaying 120 of about 129 resultsThe National Action Plan: Combatting Desertification, Land Degradation & Drought (DLDD) is a result of collaboration between local agencies and stakeholders to craft a national response by the Government and people of Antigua and Barbuda to the UNCCD and the wider international community to devise a national desertification, land degradation and dro…
This publication aims to provide a brief overview of the disaster risk management (DRM) strides made in several Latin America and the Caribbean Region countries to date. It includes a set of country notes organised by country priority levels determined by the GFDRR. It first focus on the two GFDRR Priority Countries (Haiti and Panama), then the four Don…
The document was produced for the Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe Hyogo, Japan, January 18-22, 2005 to articulate Caribbean region’s disaster management priority areas for action within the context of the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy and Framework, which has been endorsed by Caribbean governments and the donor com…
This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in in the Caribbean, covering the countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The review first provides an overview of adaptat…
This report reviews the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy, which includes natural and environmental disasters as one of its themes and means of implementation. It addresses their increased vulnerability due to climate change, the global financial…
This review provides an inventory of country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications. It also identifies gaps and opportunities for scaling up and enhancing collaboration.
The Adaptat…
This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the World Bank’s disaster-related engagement in the Eastern Caribbean in the context of a a $150,000 grant from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the establishment of a comprehensive program tar…
This profile documents the projected climate impacts in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) region, which extends to 11 countries: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The high vulnerability to, and potential for…
The Department of Disaster Management is in the process of completing a 5-year Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy, a proactive approach to disaster management with more emphasis on reducing risks before disasters strike.
"The strategy is very robust and I think the organization of the DDM is strong enough to back up the strategy and programming…
The Caribbean has made some progress in preparing for and reducing the devastating effects of Natural Disasters in the region, however much more need to be done to limit the loss of life, damage to infrastructure and subsequent crippling effects to economies and social systems within the Caribbean.
The region’s approach to preparing for and mitigating…
The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund invites Caribbean-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), and community based not-for-profit organizations (CBOs), to submit proposals for projects designed to reduce disaster risk in vulnerable communities. A wide range of organizations are eligible to a…
Recently released high-quality, up-to-date vector-based maps of Central and South America give insurance and reinsurance companies a precise, reliable cartographic basis that can associate actual and modelled risks with the objects to be insured, says Directions Magazine. These digital maps include precise coastlines and comprehensively updated administ…
Two schools at Antigua were recognized by the National Office of Disaster Service (NODS) for their disaster preparedness management programme on International Day for Disaster Reduction with the theme of "Making youth partners for disaster risk reduction" as reported by Caribarena Antigua.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Tourism and disaster management stakeholders across the Caribbean are collaborating to implement a master plan to protect the region's tourism industry against the impact of natural disasters.
Under the project, a Regional Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Strategy and Plan of Action for the Tourism Sector will be developed, through th…
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity Duties And Responsibilities This consultancy will support the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) in preparing the disaster risk reduction country document for Antigua and Barbuda. The document will be prepared in a consultative process that is lead by the National Off…